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tauridor

tauridor is the archaic form of toreador.

Meaning of toreador

Noun

toreador (plural toreadors or toreadores)

  1. A bullfighter, especially one on horseback.
    • Such figures formed part of some ivory model of the Bull Ring, and are meant to suggest the toreadors who loom so large in the art and the traditions of Knossos. We can imagine the associations which such young toreadors would suggest, hung in the air by fine gold chains above the back of an ivory...1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 21
    Synonyms:
    torero

Forms of tauridor

pluraltauridors

Questions about tauridor

What is tauridor the archaic form of?
Tauridor is the archaic form of toreador.

Words near tauridor in the dictionary

  1. tauricornous
  2. Taurid
  3. Taurida
  4. Tauridian
  5. Tauridians
  6. tauridor
  7. tauridors
  8. Taurids
  9. tauriform
  10. taurin
  11. taurine

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